Archive for August 2022
What’s So Funny About Rom-Coms?
A panel of composers consisting of Siddhartha Khosla, Jongnic “JB” Bontemps, Cindy O’Connor, and Mark Smythe discuss their experiences scoring romantic comedies and their desire to bring new musical traditions…
Read MoreGame Changers: Grammy Submission AMA
White Bear PR’s Thomas Mikusz moderates a discussion between Brian McNelis (Lakeshore Records), Brian Schmidt (GameSoundCon), and Chandler Poling (White Bear PR) on the topic of Grammy Submission, specifically for…
Read MoreThe Gray Man with Henry Jackman
Composer Henry Jackman and moderator Jon Burlingame discuss Jackman’s score for Netflix’s action thriller The Gray Man.
Read MoreFYC Composium
Composers Nainita Desai, Hesham Nazih, Theodore Shapiro, and Christopher Willis talk about their Emmy-nominated scores with Kaya Savas of Film.Music.Media.
Read More2022-2023 SCL LA Mentor Program Application Opens
The application has opened for the 2022-2023 SCL Los Angeles Mentor Program. Both composers and songwriters are invited to apply. Applicants will be asked to designate whether they consider themselves primarily a…
Read MoreLucy and Desi with David Schwartz
Composer David Schwartz speaks with Tim Greiving about the process and influences behind writing the Emmy-nominated score for the Prime Video documentary, Lucy and Desi.
Read MoreYouTube Lawyers Fail to Shut Down Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Brought By Grammy-Winning Jazz Composer Maria Schneider
via Ashley King of Digital Music News A California judge has denied the YouTube request to toss a copyright lawsuit by composer Maria Schneider. Schneider’s lawsuit accuses YouTube of creating its Content…
Read More43rd and 44th Kennedy Center Honors with Rickey Minor
Music Director Rickey Minor speaks with Chris Willman of Variety about the task of putting together the annual Kennedy Center Honors, including the Emmy-nominated 43rd and 44th iterations.
Read MorePepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show with Adam Blackstone
Music Director Adam Blackstone chats with NFL’s Head of Music Seth Dudowsky about pulling off the Los Angeles-themed Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show.
Read MoreThey Call Me Magic with Terence Blanchard
Composer Terence Blanchard talks to film music journalist Tim Greiving about writing the Emmy-nominated score for the Apple TV+’s docu-series, They Call Me Magic.
Read MoreOnly Murders In The Building // This Is Us
Composer Siddhartha Khosla speaks with actor/moderator Michael Cyril Creighton about writing Emmy-award nominated scores and songs for two different programs: Only Murders in the Building and This Is Us.
Read MoreA Very British Scandal with Nathan Barr
Composer Nathan Barr and director Anne Sewitsky discuss how the score for Prime Video’s series, A Very British Scandal came to be. [
Read MoreNope with Michael Abels
Composer and SCL Board Member Michael Abels is interviewed by Variety‘s Jon Burlingame about the score for Nope – the latest collaboration between Abels and director Jordan Peele.
Read MoreMike Lang
It’s with a profound sense of sadness and the heaviest of hearts that the Society of Composers & Lyricists mourns the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Mike Lang. A…
Read MoreSummer 2022
The Summer 2022 issue of The Score features in-depth conversations with some of today’s most in-demand television composers, an exploration of the score book boom, and a look at some of the…
Read MoreGame Changers: What’s the Difference?
Composers Nainita Desai, Nima Fakhrara, and Rich Vreeland (Disasterpiece) chat with NPR’s Kate Remington about the differences and similarities between scoring linear and non-linear projects, including their experience scoring video…
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